Collapsible supporting-rack.



P. SCHNEIDER. GOLLAPSIBLB SUPPORTING RACK. APPLICATION FILED NOVSO.1912A 51,073,531. Patented sept. 16,1913.

' scribed and claimed.

' device when collapsed; and Fig. 4t is a hori COLLAPSIBLESUPPORTING-RACK.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Fai ent-,cd Sept. 1G, 1 913.

Application filed November 30, 1912. Serial No. 734,393.

To all Lo/om t may concern Be it known that l, Furnier Henneman, acitizen oit' the United States, residing at St. Charles, in the countyof St. Charles and State of lrllissouri, have invented new and usefulimprovements in Collapsible Supporting-Racks, of which the iti'illowingis a specification.

'.lhis invention relates to a portable supporting tripod which isadapted to bc used. as a clothesl rack, as a support for cookinglutensils, or for any such purpose; the primary object thereof being toprovide a device oit this character which mayl be folded or collapsed soas to occupy very small space, and further to provide readilyTadjustable means for securing the device in its extended position whenit desired to use the device lin the preferred embodiment of theinvention as described herein, the device is in the torni, oit a clothesrack, which is adapted to support different articles ot clothing, suchas coats and hats, and has means provided thereon for supportingumbrellas or canes, but it is to be understood that a tripod embodyingthe general principles of the invention may be used as a support :torany purpose, such as an easel for supporting pictures, as a support forsuspending` a kettle over a fire, or -for like uses.

lilith these and other objects in View, the invention consists oitcertain novel features et construction, combination and arrangenient oitparts, as will be hereinafter dein the accompanying drawings: Figure 1is a side elevation ot 'the device when extended for use; Fig. 2 is afront elevation thereof; Fig. 3 is a side elevation ot the Zontalsectional view, taken on the line 4t--l ot Fig. 2.

ln the drawing, the numerals 1 and 2 designate the side members ot therack, which are pivotally connected adjacent their upper ends with theupper end ot a third or l'uraeingl member 3 by means of the pivot bolt4t. The member 3 comprises an upper lixed portion 5 and a loweradjustable portion G, the upper end of the latter' being pivotallyconnected to the lower end of the portion 5 by means of a lea'l' hinge7, so that be swung out operative position when the side and 2 are swunginto opposite lVhen thus opened or the bracing member may wardly intomembers 1 diverging positions.

expanded the device forms a tripod. .In order to provide nicans tornuiintaining the side and bracing nienibers or legs oit the tripod inthis position, .l have provided spacing bars E5, t) and 10. rlhe bar Shas one end hinged, as at l1, to the side member Q, so that it may swingin the plane ot said side member, and the other end ot the bar 8 islormed with a tenen 12 which is adapted to be inserted into a niortiscl?) provided in the opposite side nieinber lA upon expansion o'lf saidInenibrrs, and which is adapted to be secured in this position by meansott a transverse lockinpl pin 141. rlhe members t) and 10 are pivotallyconnected at corresponding ends by means ol': the hinges 15 and lo,rcspeetively7 lo the attaching blocks 17 and 1S, which latter arepivotally connected by means ol the transverse bolt 1) to the oppositesides olli the adjustable portion (i o'l the bracing iueiuber it. Theblocks 17 and '18 are thus adapted to swing in vertical planes and thebars il and lO are adapted to swing laterally. 'lhe tree ends ot thebars fl and 1() are biifurcated, as at Z0 and 21, respectively, so thatthey may embrace the opposite ends ot the bar S when in its horizontaloperative position, and are adaptr ed to be secured in this position bymeans of the vertical locking pins Q2 and Q3. The spacing bars are lthusadapted to be disengaged and l'olded into inoperative position againsttheir respective leg members when it is desired to collapse the deviceas a whole.

1 have provided a plurality olf clothing hooks 211A. which are securedto the side edges o'tz the side ineiubers 1 and i?, as shown in thedrawings, jnfel'erably so that di'tl'erent articles oilt clothing; maybe supported thereupon. I have lurther provided a circular plate 25having a down-struck coneavity Q6 therein whieh adapted to be sustained-troni the spacing bars by means of the upwardly diver-ging attachingfrods 2T which. have hooks QS toi-ined on their upper ends, two ol thesehoolts beinel :ulapted to engage the upper edges ol` the spacing` bars 9and 10 and they other hook being adapted to engage within a verticalopening Q9 provided centrally in the ba r 8. This last named device isprovided as a support for umbrellas, canes or the like, which inay beinserted between tbe spacing bars with their lower ends extending intothe concavity 2G provided within thc plate Q5.

From the foregoing description, taken in swinging movement in parallelplanes, aV

bracing leg member including an attaching portion pivotally connectedwith said side members to swing m a plane therewith, and

a mo-vable portion pivotally connected to the' attaching,` portion topermit the last-named portion to swing in a plane disposed at rightangles to the planes of movement of the side members, a spacing barpivotally attached to one of said side members and adapted to foldagainst the same when the device is in collapsed position, and means bywhich the free end of said bar may be attached to the other side memberin order to space the same in extended position, a pair of spacing barspivotally attached to the movable portion of the bracing` member andadapted to fold thereagainst, said pair of spacing bars being adapted toengage the irst named bar when the device is in extended position, and

bar for securing said side members in eX-v tended position, a pair ofspacing` bars atf tached to the bracing leg1 member, each of said barscomprising an attaching portion pivotally connected to one side face ofthe bracing member for swinging movement in a plane parallel thereto,and a transversely swinging portion pivotally connected to the attachingportion, and means for detachably securing the free end of each oi' saidspacing` bars to the first-named bar connecting the said members.

ln testimony whereof l affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.s

PHLPP SCHNEIDER. Witnesses Gf. C. KRAUSE, El. lV. Linn.

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